YOUR LETTERS: 8-22-2018

Wednesday

How can the president see the value of media when it is biased and gives their opinion? I will not listen to any of the major networks anymore. All you hear is a division of the DNC.

The media's job is to report facts, not opinions. The New York Times and Washington Post come to mind. I used to subscribe to the Los Angeles Times, but no more. In my opinion it is just a biased Democratic mouthpiece.

Our local newspaper (the Daily Press) does a good job and I appreciate that and I hope that it continues to be that way. I enjoy reading our local news.

Stevie J. Mote, Hesperia

Aug. 16 editorial

Real journalists are not bad; snipers are dreadful.

C.A. Meschter, Victorville

Local treasure

Doug Robertson became Apple Valley Town Manager on Jan. 2, and he has worked tirelessly and effectively to resolve the many problems he encountered and to restore our town's financial stability.

Just a few of the challenges Doug encountered include bloated employee salaries, excessive high level staffing, a depleted financial reserve, irresponsible Town Council spending (in excess of income), mounting legal costs from our Liberty Utilities takeover attempt and the potential for a large financial liability if we lose the Liberty Utilities takeover battle.

Doug’s actions to date are right on target, and will help get us back on a realistic and workable financial footing, specifically:

• Eliminated two high-paying Assistant Town Manager jobs, for an annual savings of $589,577 (average annual compensation of $294.789);

• Obtained a line of credit to provide financial reserves for critical emergency needs;

• Presented a balanced General Fund budget.

Doug, the eyes of Apple Valley are on you and they like what they see. I am sure there is much more to come.

Thank you and keep up the great work.

Dean Schepis, Apple Valley

Conservative views

President Trump erred in calling Omarosa a dog. That's an insult to dogs who are normally "faithful" and "best friends.” He should have called her a "snake in the grass" as she accepted a high-profile, high-paying job and then stabbed him in the back when she was fired.

Why shouldn't security clearances be taken from those who are fired, quit, or retire from government service? Especially those who, during and after their government service, showed/are showing extreme bias against the Administration? It's OK to refuse to carry out repugnant or harmful orders, but if you choose not to go along with the program, you do not belong in the job. I would call these people turncoats.

I would like to see President Trump completely open and declassify the redacted investigation reports. If it also drags down Republicans, so be it. Let the chips fall where they may. He promised to clean out the swamp and that includes the higher-ups in our sacred institutions.

I have never seen such hatred and harassment of a president, his family, associates, and supporters as we are seeing now. Wake up America. We are the UNITED States.

Stanley R. Alsing, Helendale

Hate

According to Mr. Pederson in his recent op-ed column, hate only belongs to the left wing Democrats/Liberals who push for Social Security, welfare for the poor, education for the middle and working classes, funding for us combat troops in war, feeding our grandmothers and handicapped children and grandchildren.

Yes, according to right wing haters, the women of America, our mothers and daughters are full of hate and can only say words and ideas that are handed to them by men who pull their mental strings. He is the typical not atypical Republican hater of all things Christian, decent, fair, just, and good in our American society.

Mr. Pederson claims he has never heard of a Hate Fest. I have been to Republican gatherings and the hate for the poor, homeless, uneducated, sick with no insurance is beyond any understanding of my own Christian mind, at least what I learned in my 12 years of my Christian education. By the way, corporate welfare/rich people's welfare costs America $6,000 per year per family while poor people's welfare costs America $142 per year per family. They don't hate about that, the Republicans only hate about the poor, who in Mr. Pederson's mind can't be Christians or the children of God. Hogwash!

His blatant attack and hatred for women who believe in fairness and justice and for men who are specifically living in Finland are all "feminized" because they care for other women and men, a perversion of what humankind is all about and what a God-fearing man really believes.

Dan Daniels, Oak Hills

Writer's 'stinction

I experience great difficulty in deciphering the content of your 87-year-old writer's submissions. Could you clean them up a bit by guessing what he means by the apostrophes he uses before and after many words?